Payroll Manager

Position Summary:

The primary responsibility of this role will be to oversee and supervise the organization's payroll functions; ensuring pay is processed on time, accurately, and in compliance with government regulations. Coordinating payroll activities, collaborating with human resources and accounting departments, directing and supervising payroll staff, and ensuring efficient payroll processing.

Essential Job Functions:

Every effort has been made to identify the essential functions of this position. However, it in no way states or implies that these are the only duties that will be required to perform. The omission of specific statements of duties does not exclude them from the position if the work is similar, related or is an essential function of the position.

• Monitoring payroll team performance and training new staff.
• Cross-functional collaboration with business partners for process improvements and efficiencies
• Overseeing and reviewing payroll payments and account reconciliations.
• Implement, maintain, and review payroll-processing systems to ensure timely and accurate processing of payroll transactions including salaries, benefits, garnishments, taxes, and other deductions.
• Coordinating with HR and accounting to verify employee data and accounts.
• Ensures accurate and timely processing of payroll updates including new hires, terminations, and changes to pay rates.
• Ensures compliance with federal, state, and local payroll, wage, and hour laws and best practices.
• Maintaining accurate account balances and detailed records for auditing.
• Facilitates audits by providing records and documentation to auditors.
• Identifies and recommends updates to payroll processing software, systems, and procedures.
• Managing and resolving any issues related to payroll.
• Preparing reports and financial statements.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Qualifications:

• Extensive knowledge of the payroll function including preparation, balancing, internal control, and payroll taxes.
• Excellent organizational skills and attention to detail.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Strong supervisory and leadership skills.
• Proficient with Microsoft Office Suite or related software.
• Proficient with payroll software.

Education, Experiences, Certificates/Licenses and/or Registrations:

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Business Administration, Human Resources, or related field required.
• Three to five years of related experience required.

Work Environment and Safety Equipment Required:

While performing the duties of this Job, the employee is regularly required to sit, walk and stand to perform work. The employee is required to reach with hands and arms, smell, talk or hear. The employee must be able to lift, push, pull or move up to twenty five (25) pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, color vision, peripheral vision and ability to adjust focus. The noise level in the work environment is usually low to moderate. The work environment is an office environment. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

The Company reserves the right to add, modify, change or rescind the work assignments in accordance with business needs, and to make reasonable accommodations so that qualified employees can perform the essential function of the job.

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